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Before You Break (2014)

by Christina Lee(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Intermix (Penguin)

series

Between Breaths

review 1: Ella lost her brother to suicide. Because of that she wants to be a psychologist and works at a suicide hotline. One night she gets a call from a guy who clearly needs someone to talk to. After a few phone calls of talking to each other on the hotline she soon finds herself thinking about him and his situation. Wondering if there is anyway she can get through to him and save his life. She has no idea that the Daniel that is calling the hotline is in fact Quinn and Quinn has no idea that the girl who's voice allows him to open up about the darkness inside of him is the girl he's currently pursuing. This is a great story. I haven't read the first book in the series but that's okay. I didn't feel left out of anything. The story revolves around Quinn and Ella. These two don't ... morereally know each other at first other than the fact that Quinn is Ella's boyfriend's frat brother. He's very quiet and keeps to himself the majority of the time. However, one night after heavily drinking because of her uncaring boyfriend, Ella finds herself face first in the toilet with Quinn holding her hair back. Her boyfriend couldn't careless about here, and here was someone who didn't know her at all who was taking care of her. That's when Quinn and Ella start to form a bond. There is no insta-love in this story. Sure they are attracted to each other but at first Ella is dating Quinn's frat brother. So they start out as friends, then later move on to that in between stage after she breaks up with her boyfriend. I liked that there was no drama or crazy love story. Plus, I liked that the author didn't just write about her characters having guilt over the death of a loved one but she made it so much deeper with adding the suicide hotline. She shined light on something that affects a lot of people. I may be new to the author's work but I will definitely be reading more of her novels. I will have to go back and read the first book in the series. I feel like Ella may have been a secondary character in it.
review 2: So! number 2 in the series and I was a little intrigued to read about Ella, she had me asking questions in the first book and it was great to find out more about her in Before you Break. I read this book on the train whilst commuting and I was more than a little happy that my train was delayed... I didn't want to stop reading, so much so I very nearly missed my stop and had to sit on the platform until I got to a point that I reluctantly felt was ok to stop reading until I got home. This is why Christina is becoming one of my favourite authors... I did want to scream a little in parts... QUINN... COME ON BUDDY SORT IT OUT, FIGURE IT OUT... SHE IS THE ONE! that type of monologue played out in my brain more than a few times... and I liked it! :-) It was a rough ride, expertly put together to make me feel great and sad and happy all at once... a great read! less

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